A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

Kiki

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1982

1999

1945

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

United States

Canada

China

Japan
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?

Tokyo

Beijing

New York

Toronto
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Pluperfect

Past tense

Present tense

Future tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?

Animated film

Novel

Short story

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Salmon

Eel

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it

His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?

Its sexual glands

Its gills

Its stomach

Its eyes
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They become bed-bound for a year

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

Toronto

London

California

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

Germany

Canada

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Drinking glass

Type of fish
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a doctor

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Osaka

Toronto

Tokyo

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Zen rock garden

Japanese pond

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Smoking

Spitting

Drinking

Chewing gum
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Suichi

Watanabe

Kobe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

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